Shaving cup and support



July 30, 1929. THOMPSON 1,722,510

SHAVING CUP AND SUPPORT wventoz Patented July 30, 11929.

UNITED SHAVIING CUP Application filed July 30,

This invention relates to a shaving cup and support and aims to provide improve} ments therein.

The invention provides a device which serves as a cup or mug in which lather may be made, which further serves to drain the soap and the sides ofthe receptacle of excess liquid or soapy solution remaining after the soap has been used, to thereby keep the soap from becoming soft, and to further keep the soap clean and the receptacle sanitary. The invention further serves to prevent waste of the soap, as the soap is kept hard, and hence not so susceptible to dissolving and running off when the receptacle is flushed, or an excessive amount being taken up by the brush. The invention further admits of producing a better lather by reason of the relatively slow dissolving of the hard soap as the wet brush is rubbed over the soap in making the lather.

The invention further provides a device which is handy in use in the operation of making lather or applying the soap.

The invention further provides a device which is sightly and inexpensive to produce, and economical in respect to containers, as one receptacle may serve as a container for any number of refills.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a view partly in elevation and partly in vertical section, of one embodiment (the soap not being shown), the cup being shown in the position of nonuse.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line II--II, Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view partly in elevation and partly in vertical section, of the cup shown in Fig. 1, the cup being shown as containing shaving soap, and in the position in which it is used in making lather.

Fig. l is a side view of a fractional refill, of a size suitable for sale, for example, in five and ten cent store trade.

Referring to said drawings, numeral 10 designates the container or cup, and 12 the filler (or refill) of shaving soap. 50 As shown in the embodiment of Figs. 1-4, the edge 14 of the cup 10 ordinarily extends beyond the outer surface of the soap, as shown in Fig. 3, and lather may be made by rubbing a wet shaving brush over the surface of the soap.

The cup is adapted to be inverted to allow AND SUPPORT.

1924. Serial No. 729,201.

receptacle to drain, and thereby prevent the soap being softened. To this end suitable arrangements are made tokeep the soap in EZTT'OFFI'CE.

position infthe cup. The soap may be made to fit the cup closely enough to prevent it moving under its own weight, as shown, and

preferably the inner sides of the cup are provided w th rlbs or projections 20 adapted to indent or enter into the soap and thereby hold it. ,This construction is very suitable for holdingrefills, Where a tolerance in the diameter of the soap should be allowed to take care of variations in the inside dimension of the cup incident to ordinary manufacturing variations. Where the soap may be too small in diameterto fit snugly against theinside of the cup 10, the ribs 20 will indent the soap and hold it in the position to which it is forced in the cup. The ribs or projections 20 obviously as an equivalent could be formed on the soap 12 instead of upon the cup, with like effect.

The cup is preferably provided with a cover 25 which is conveniently in the form of a base on which the cup rests in inverted position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5. The base 25 preferably has an annular bead or rib 27 to hold the cup against lateral displacement, and also a depression 29 to catch the liquid or soap solution which runs from the surface of the soap and the inside of the cup when inverted, as heretofore explained. In the act of shaving, after the cup 10 has been removed from the base 25, any liquid in the depression 29 may be washed out. The cover or base 25 serves to keep the cup closed, and hence clean. and sanitary. It also serves to protect painted furniture, shelves, etc., from being wetted or disfigured by soapy water dripping from the cup.

The inverted position of the cup 10, and the consequent draining of the liquid or soapy solution, serves to keep the soap relatively dry, so that the brush or the face does The hardening or drying of I cup are flushed, as in cleaning, as when the soap is soft.

The fastening of the soap in the cup 10, as by means of the ribs 20, facilitates the handling of the cup and the use thereof in applying the soap or in making lather.

The cup 10 and soap 12 are conveniently made and sold in the form of a package, and in the embodiment of Figs. 1-4, the soap is conveniently pressed in the cup. Soap refills, either of'the full size of the inside of the cup (as shown in Fig. 3), or a fractional size (as shown in Fig. 4), may be 9 cent stores.

made and sold for replacing the soap in the cup, as one supply is exhausted, whereby one cup may serve indefinitely. The fractional size refill is suitable for sale in five and ten The diameter of the refills is approximately the same as the inside diameter of the cup, and the projecting ribs 20, of the cup indent the soap as the refill ispushed into the cup, and hold the soap in :vzf' lace, as heretofore explained.

bodiments than that herein specifically illus- The cup 10 and cover 25, are preferably made of glass, and are hence inexpensive to make, of sightly appearance, and sanitary.

The inventive idea may receive other emtrated and described.

ing a cup proper and an imperforate base, sald cup havlng inner side walls corresponding in cross-section to the size of the cake of soap therein, whereby recesses between the side of the cup and the side of the cake of soap for the collection, in use, of water and foreign matter are avoided, said cup when used for shaving being adapted to stand on its bottom and have lather formedtherein by the action of a moistened brush upon the upper surface of the soap therein, and said cup when not in use being inverted and placed on said base in position for the moisture or liquid thereinto drain down through the inverted top of said cup, said base having a depression adapted to catch the drippings from said cup, said cup by reason of its inverted position on said base protecting the contents from settlement therein of dust particles and the like from the atmosphere, allowing the soap contents between periods of use to become relatively dry, and maintaining a sanitary condition of said cup and its contents.

2. A device according to the preceding claim, wherein longitudinal ribs, adapted to indent the sides of a cake of soap, are provided on the inner Wall of said cup.

In witness whereof, I 'have hereunto signed my name.

GUSTAVE R. THOMPSON, 

